What does that mean for the future of the game? Nothing positive; companies don’t tend to write off games they plan to continue supporting. Your speculation is welcome, but it should run toward darker possibilities. On the bright side, it looks like the future is bright for Nexon as a whole, so based on player numbers the fate of LawBreakers is not so much cloudy as it is unpleasant.

“We had very high expectations for its launch; however, the timing of its launch turned out to be unfortunate, specifically the blockbuster PC online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds came out right about the same time, making the market environment very tough for first-person shooters in general and for LawBreakers.”

I hate pubg, and I still dont want to play Lawbreakers because its just not fun.

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2 years ago

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cursedseishi

It’s not necessarily wrong though, since it was poor timing on their behalf. To be fair PUBG was a surprise hit, and one that likely wasn’t on the radar until it already struck.

Also, you can’t expect the heads to tell their investors that it was a poorly handled game handled by a man convincing himself that being a manchild is the best way to make money as he tries to dude-bro and f-bomb everyone into complacency much like the game’s own dialogue.

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2 years ago

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Xijit

In business management land, it is actually illegal to say “we hired this guy because of his name and reputation, but the check was cashed by the time we figured out that he is a giant man-child with disillusions and it would have cost us even more money to break the contract.”

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2 years ago

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Sally Bowls

Yeah! My first Eliot-ism of 2018:

the fate of LawBreakers is not so much cloudy as it is unpleasant.

TY!

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2 years ago

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rafael12104

Best think Cliffy can do now is bury it. It may not be his choice. But the holidays are over and it is time to move on. Help the team get jobs and let them bail.

And when Nexon makes the announcement be packed up and ready to go with your hand on the light switch.

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2 years ago

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Xijit

Nah, he will try to buy the rights to the game (if they don’t just throw them in his face before he can ask) and then double down on lashing out at players, while making accusations about how Nexon interfered with his “vision for the game.”

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2 years ago

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Darthbawl

Ouch, those player numbers from the last few months are painful, very painful.